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authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>2018-08-21 21:55:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-22 10:52:46 -0700
commite58dd0de5eadf145895b13451a1fef8ef03946eb (patch)
treef5db856cd6e69abf35e136e8c2666469ac6b51d3 /include/linux
parentcedc5b6aab493f6b1b1d381dccc0cc082da7d3d8 (diff)
bdi: use refcount_t for reference counting instead atomic_t
refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as a reference counter. This permits avoiding accidental refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free situations. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180703200141.28415-4-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev.h4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 24251762c20c..9a6bc0951cfa 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
struct page;
struct device;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ enum wb_reason {
*/
struct bdi_writeback_congested {
unsigned long state; /* WB_[a]sync_congested flags */
- atomic_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */
+ refcount_t refcnt; /* nr of attached wb's and blkg */
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
struct backing_dev_info *__bdi; /* the associated bdi, set to NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 72ca0f3d39f3..c28a47cbe355 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -404,13 +404,13 @@ static inline bool inode_cgwb_enabled(struct inode *inode)
static inline struct bdi_writeback_congested *
wb_congested_get_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int blkcg_id, gfp_t gfp)
{
- atomic_inc(&bdi->wb_congested->refcnt);
+ refcount_inc(&bdi->wb_congested->refcnt);
return bdi->wb_congested;
}
static inline void wb_congested_put(struct bdi_writeback_congested *congested)
{
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&congested->refcnt))
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&congested->refcnt))
kfree(congested);
}